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north-carol inagazett vol p saturday may 17 179 n 0 - 436 they wanted to know what fhj p it w h j tnejuno they anfwered viva i a f nme v.hatbngfhe was and where tie ki.fn admiral hv they arpcared dot to underftand me but called out aswepaited under their fte in , luff wh:ch mademeltp po c there were fhoal Â» ai Â« near the ; chn i nltantly pura . w>lut f0 ;; theihr was on fhore before h goj head there being very little wind audperfeaiy l^o.oth i ordered the^fat to be dewed up and handed at this time a boat west from the br?g towards the-town ceiore the people were ail cft the yards we found the fe-p went a hern jery f,ft bour^wchomeathe driver and mizzen kay tail keeping the fleets to windward to g.ve her ftern way as ong as pcffiue that jke might get further from the ij.oal the jqltant hie ioft her way we kt r o the btft bow anchor when he-tended head taw nd we attcr part of the keel uas agrpftn and we could not remove theru der i ordered the launcn and cutter to be hoifted ou and to put the ket^h anchor with two ha f rs in them to v arp tlie hip fÂ«rtl er cff ' by n c un,ctnr bofjuere ;) abo j came / long fide after having been hailed and we thoug.it arfifwercd as it an officer had b en in her ; vhe peop'e were all anxious l o get out of h er , two oi which appeared to be t e elliceis ; one of them kid he came lo in iorrn me it w s the regulation or the port and the commanding officer's orders that i mu/.ii go into another brarch cf the har bour to perform ten tiaya quarantine i to$a aiking hijn where lord hoou's cnin b hxhisnotgivin gm e a nyfati;:faacryanfwer idÂ«ne of the midlhipmen having at the lame inftant faid Â« they were national coekades hooked at out of their hats xnore ftedfnfti ;; nd by the moonlight clearly diftinguifhed the three colours per eivtng they were fufpecced and on my queftiomng th.m again about lord hood one ot them replied <â€¢ so v e2 trariquilte ksanglois font de braves gens nous les traitons bien : l'admiral anglois eft forti il y aquelque tews it nray be more enhy conceived than nny words can exprefs h what i feit at the moment the circum fthnceofourfifuation bfcodrfe vvasknowir throughout the ftfp in an inflanr and fay ing we were all prifoners the officers foon ot near me to know our fituation at the fame time a saw of m ind coaiing dowa harbour lieut vebiy the third liesfenant cf the ihip faid to me " i believe ; ir w iliall be abl e to fetch out if we can get her nder faik i immediately perceived we fiiould hsve a chance of faving the fli'p ; r,t it-afl if we did not we ought not to loft h s ivlajefty's fhip without fome cor ntion j ordered erery perfon to their re'pe&ive flations nd the frenchmen to be fent below they perceiving fome hullit tiro or three of them began to draw their jabres ; on which i ordered fome cf the marines to take the half pike and force them below which was foon done : i then ordered all the mal teze between decks that we might not have confufibn with too many men i believe in an inftant fuch a change in people was never feen \ every officer snd man was a his duty and i do believe within three minute e very fail in the ihip was fer and the yards braced we lio faw lights en ah the batteries when we h^d fhot far enough fo the bri 7 s guns to bear on us which was juft about three flnps lengths ilie began to fire alfo a fort little to the ftarboard bow as loon after all of them on both fides as they could bring their guns to bear as foon as the ails were well biimmed i beat ro quarters to gee our guns readyj but not l o n d o n february 12 . armlraltt-o-f^r feb Â» 8 i 794 a l "- i r cf which the following \$ i a copy from the right hon lord hood vice-admiral o f the red 2 nd ' nnundey in chief of his majdiy's hips 1 the mediterranean was this day received 81 tais ojllce 'â€¢ ' - ory flferw try j jy j p 4 . ijirrewmijiaret'ie br or.r to tr^nfmit ?' "â– ; â€¢'* 'â€¢'â€¢ / jformarioli ur the ore s com ci's of the admiralty a narrativ of t c fortunate preferaitiou of his maie n y's : â€¢ â– iuoo owing to the great prefence of 1 ir.d r.iv.i zealous exertion of c;pt h00j lia cihctrs and fliip's company i v cr mod obedient htfmble fervanh hood flhip stfplent ffq . Â»Â», w hieries bey jan 13 1794 iv'y lord i beg 1 â‚¬ v to inclofe vcirr l-rdh.ip zmr rative of rhe foi tune cfcpt oi his majclly's i.;ip juno under my command from the pur oi j onion after having run afnove in the inner harbour on the night of the nth in flan r the firm fteady.ard quietmannerrayor ders were carried into iecutionby j.euten ant 1'urner fapported by the able affiftance 0 lieutenants mafon ami webly in their fpecfive ilations } the att-niicn of mr - , the mafler to t!:e fteerage c with the vt:y pood condaft of er-ry officers and men were the means of the flupfpreferv ation fi om the enerr.y and ior which i m it requeo permiffion togivetaem my ltroi:geft rtcommendation 1 have ilc honour rob j-c sam ilocp tithe right hon lordffoad t ummander in chief \ 6f 6 c cr jtwo uieries bay tan 13 r m o4 on the 3d infta^t 1 left the sfland of m ua h ivingonboard 46 of whom arc the ofacers and private marines o his m?jc fly's i ip r ; tâ– ^"lâ€¢v ; the remainder a!tez hi:end-?d for the sef onthenight_oft!e7th pafled the s.^/t po.nt of sardinia and leered a courfe or i outon on the 9 th about eleren a m made cape sicie but found a current had fet us fj me leagues to the sveftward of our expectation hnuied gut wind ; but k blow ing hard f r om t.;e eaftward v ith a fircng ec current we could but juft fetch fi the'eail van of the above cape j he wind and current continuing we could not till the evening of the nth got aa far to wind ward as cape sepet : naving that evening a little before ten o'clock found the ftnp would be abie to fetch into toulon if i wiflied it i did not hfe e to wait till morn ing as we had b?ea thrown to leeward and having f o many men on hoard i thought it my indifj enf:ble duty to g?t as far as pof fible at ten ordered the hands to be turned u to bringthe hip to anchor being then abreaft of cape sepet entering the outer harbour nc t having a pilot on b-ard or any perfon acquainted with the port i placed t o midfhipmen to look cut with night gl..i!>s for the flrct bur not difcover : ng any fhips until we not ntar the entrance of the inner harbour i fuppofed they had mrored up there in the ejfiern gzle ; at the fame time feeing one vefi'el with fever other lights which i imagined to be the fleet's i entered the inner har bour und.fr he topfaiis only ; but finding i could not weather a brig which lay a little way above the point called the grand tour 1 ordered the fore vail and driver to be fet to tack when we were the other fide of the w soou aiu 7 the jprig hailed us but i w b rr intention of frirg till we vcre fure cf getting ( ur when we got abreaft of the c s tre part of the land of cape sepet i was afra d we fhould have been obligeu o make attack but as Â« e drew near the ii:cre and were ready he came up two points and juft weathered tie cape : as ready for calling 1 he fteady and sft.ve affiliancc of lieut turner and all the officers pre v en ted any con fufi on i r c m arifing in our critical gtuaticn as foon as the cable w.s tort i crderec it to be iu and had t..e gocd fortune to fee the hip ran from the fhore ; the head iai s were died : a lavcur able flaw o wind coming at the fan e lime go good way en hei , and we had then i viiy i rofpect of getting cut if the forts did notdifable us tq prevent our being retarded by the beats i , u'.trtd them u le cu a c'riit as alfo the french teat j he moment tu french brig law us be-in o ico.e tails v e cc u!d plainly perceive i'.\cw .* getli g her guns rtaiiy and we paffed \ ery clofc along that fhore the batteries ay'i i p as br.ik a fire 23 the wetnefs of the v.ta ther wtuld admit when i ceuid afibrd to keep the fliip from the wind i ordered feme s^unsto be fired at a battery that had juit opened abreaft of us which ouieteel t em n littie \\ e then flopped firing till ut co id keep her awry wnh the wind p bit the beam when for a few minutes c k pt i.p a very brifk fire on die la ft bat tery we had to pafs and which 1 believe 1 11 orhc wife have done us great damage at i alt p ft twelve being cut cf read-tot their fhot the i^ng ceafed fortunately v e had no perfen hurt some fhot palled through the jails part of the landing and ranninj rigging fhet away > and two i rench 6 pn-.-.-.d lot that firuck the hull was all the d?.m?ge we received - c a rrod february 74 m our letters frorobrultels elated the ] 8tv mft i!ate th.t the movement or the french ot which we had notice in cur lair letters â– was not a falfe alarm the french have actually begun their operations and that in a molt formidable way j hey advanced ott tne fide of maubâ‚¬uge,4b'nd on the 13th a violent cannonade commerced on the auf man cut-pofts a1j the englift troops vc moved fn-m their czntonmn :*, and the auftrians have advanced from iv ons to the frontier the prince of cohburg had been or two days at bavay and it is thought that he would remove his head quarters to val enciennes as for the prefentar icaft they muil continue en the defenfive 7o.coc french are a ; ready bffembfed before that place.but it appears that tichcgru yet v ait the a rival of cavalry at this moment the great eft danger ap pears o menace the duchy of luxembourg and the electorate of treves a courier difpaty&ed by m merternich on mo f ray the oth for luxembourg returned on fri day to brult^s w/thout be ng able 10 get to the place cf his deftination not only the places-which we mentioned but gre vonmachem stamforr and autweilcr are in the hands of the french ; fo that thefor trefs of luxembourg iscorhpleatly blockaded a d all communication with the fmall au ftrian army of 10,0.0 men under general elankenlteim entirely cut off they alf learn at bruitels that merzies and st.'clair at the diftance of c leagues from treves are alfo in their hand and that th y dread a general invafion in that country a general officer in the french army of the name of coniperce has made his efcape to valenciennes and there he relates the following frory of which our readers will form their own judgement that aperfor came to him in t'*e name of roberfpierre and propofed that he fhoum endeavour to djijpofe the vmy to receive roberfpierre it

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north-carol inagazett vol p saturday may 17 179 n 0 - 436 they wanted to know what fhj p it w h j tnejuno they anfwered viva i a f nme v.hatbngfhe was and where tie ki.fn admiral hv they arpcared dot to underftand me but called out aswepaited under their fte in , luff wh:ch mademeltp po c there were fhoal Â» ai Â« near the ; chn i nltantly pura . w>lut f0 ;; theihr was on fhore before h goj head there being very little wind audperfeaiy l^o.oth i ordered the^fat to be dewed up and handed at this time a boat west from the br?g towards the-town ceiore the people were ail cft the yards we found the fe-p went a hern jery f,ft bour^wchomeathe driver and mizzen kay tail keeping the fleets to windward to g.ve her ftern way as ong as pcffiue that jke might get further from the ij.oal the jqltant hie ioft her way we kt r o the btft bow anchor when he-tended head taw nd we attcr part of the keel uas agrpftn and we could not remove theru der i ordered the launcn and cutter to be hoifted ou and to put the ket^h anchor with two ha f rs in them to v arp tlie hip fÂ«rtl er cff ' by n c un,ctnr bofjuere ;) abo j came / long fide after having been hailed and we thoug.it arfifwercd as it an officer had b en in her ; vhe peop'e were all anxious l o get out of h er , two oi which appeared to be t e elliceis ; one of them kid he came lo in iorrn me it w s the regulation or the port and the commanding officer's orders that i mu/.ii go into another brarch cf the har bour to perform ten tiaya quarantine i to$a aiking hijn where lord hoou's cnin b hxhisnotgivin gm e a nyfati;:faacryanfwer idÂ«ne of the midlhipmen having at the lame inftant faid Â« they were national coekades hooked at out of their hats xnore ftedfnfti ;; nd by the moonlight clearly diftinguifhed the three colours per eivtng they were fufpecced and on my queftiomng th.m again about lord hood one ot them replied s for the flrct bur not difcover : ng any fhips until we not ntar the entrance of the inner harbour i fuppofed they had mrored up there in the ejfiern gzle ; at the fame time feeing one vefi'el with fever other lights which i imagined to be the fleet's i entered the inner har bour und.fr he topfaiis only ; but finding i could not weather a brig which lay a little way above the point called the grand tour 1 ordered the fore vail and driver to be fet to tack when we were the other fide of the w soou aiu 7 the jprig hailed us but i w b rr intention of frirg till we vcre fure cf getting ( ur when we got abreaft of the c s tre part of the land of cape sepet i was afra d we fhould have been obligeu o make attack but as Â« e drew near the ii:cre and were ready he came up two points and juft weathered tie cape : as ready for calling 1 he fteady and sft.ve affiliancc of lieut turner and all the officers pre v en ted any con fufi on i r c m arifing in our critical gtuaticn as foon as the cable w.s tort i crderec it to be iu and had t..e gocd fortune to fee the hip ran from the fhore ; the head iai s were died : a lavcur able flaw o wind coming at the fan e lime go good way en hei , and we had then i viiy i rofpect of getting cut if the forts did notdifable us tq prevent our being retarded by the beats i , u'.trtd them u le cu a c'riit as alfo the french teat j he moment tu french brig law us be-in o ico.e tails v e cc u!d plainly perceive i'.\cw .* getli g her guns rtaiiy and we paffed \ ery clofc along that fhore the batteries ay'i i p as br.ik a fire 23 the wetnefs of the v.ta ther wtuld admit when i ceuid afibrd to keep the fliip from the wind i ordered feme s^unsto be fired at a battery that had juit opened abreaft of us which ouieteel t em n littie \\ e then flopped firing till ut co id keep her awry wnh the wind p bit the beam when for a few minutes c k pt i.p a very brifk fire on die la ft bat tery we had to pafs and which 1 believe 1 11 orhc wife have done us great damage at i alt p ft twelve being cut cf read-tot their fhot the i^ng ceafed fortunately v e had no perfen hurt some fhot palled through the jails part of the landing and ranninj rigging fhet away > and two i rench 6 pn-.-.-.d lot that firuck the hull was all the d?.m?ge we received - c a rrod february 74 m our letters frorobrultels elated the ] 8tv mft i!ate th.t the movement or the french ot which we had notice in cur lair letters â– was not a falfe alarm the french have actually begun their operations and that in a molt formidable way j hey advanced ott tne fide of maubâ‚¬uge,4b'nd on the 13th a violent cannonade commerced on the auf man cut-pofts a1j the englift troops vc moved fn-m their czntonmn :*, and the auftrians have advanced from iv ons to the frontier the prince of cohburg had been or two days at bavay and it is thought that he would remove his head quarters to val enciennes as for the prefentar icaft they muil continue en the defenfive 7o.coc french are a ; ready bffembfed before that place.but it appears that tichcgru yet v ait the a rival of cavalry at this moment the great eft danger ap pears o menace the duchy of luxembourg and the electorate of treves a courier difpaty&ed by m merternich on mo f ray the oth for luxembourg returned on fri day to brult^s w/thout be ng able 10 get to the place cf his deftination not only the places-which we mentioned but gre vonmachem stamforr and autweilcr are in the hands of the french ; fo that thefor trefs of luxembourg iscorhpleatly blockaded a d all communication with the fmall au ftrian army of 10,0.0 men under general elankenlteim entirely cut off they alf learn at bruitels that merzies and st.'clair at the diftance of c leagues from treves are alfo in their hand and that th y dread a general invafion in that country a general officer in the french army of the name of coniperce has made his efcape to valenciennes and there he relates the following frory of which our readers will form their own judgement that aperfor came to him in t'*e name of roberfpierre and propofed that he fhoum endeavour to djijpofe the vmy to receive roberfpierre it